[Rev.Vassago]

Originally Posted by redsfan

Because....that's who is buying all of the corn and driving the prices up.

And the Securities and Exchange commission is just sitting by the wayside and allowing this price fixing to happen...............suuuuuuure.

I normally wouldn't believe this either, but I was told this by two different merchants at two different Cargill elevators.

Perhaps you shouldn't get commodities market tips from guys at grain elevators.

As they are the people who buy and sell the grain, I put a little faith in what they told me.

They have nothing to do with the market price on the Commodities market.

I also know that the number of ethanol plants that were set to go online this year have been cut in half because of the high grain prices.

Supply and demand - welcome to Capitalism 101. :lol:

Also, the opposition to the NAFTA superhighway has thrown a wrench into the plans of building plants all along the corridor. :P[/quote]

[Cntrygrl22]

Well...I'm still looking into co-ops, but I've decided to really pursue the option of working for a custom harvester. I'm really hoping some contacts I made pan out for something. At least this way I'll get some truck driving experience but also get to drive some very big equipment..and you know how girlsl like big equipment. LOL

[Jackrabbit379]

Here is the US Custom Harvesters website. http://www.uschi.com/index.php They have a link on their main page about Classified Ads. There are some crews, needing help. That might help. You can also contact USCHI about finding a crew. I know that there are many South Africans, and Austrailians that come over to go on harvest, and USCHI helps them out finding work.

By the way, if you get a chance to look at their Hall Of Fame page, look up Dishman Harvesting. Those are friends of mine. I used to work for them, and I still do when they are home.

If you do find a harvest crew, have fun, get ready for some long hours. :P Best of luck.

[okieoo]

I started out pulling a hopper years ago.
After hauling feather meal and trying to stomp it out of the hopper,I had enough.
I went home,pulled my boots and clothes off,left them on the front porch.
Next morning every damn cat in the county was there!
That feather meal really stunk...
Best of luck to ya!

[Rev.Vassago]

Originally Posted by okieoo

I started out pulling a hopper years ago.
After hauling feather meal and trying to stomp it out of the hopper,I had enough.
I went home,pulled my boots and clothes off,left them on the front porch.
Next morning every damn cat in the county was there!
That feather meal really stunk...
Best of luck to ya!

I completely forgot about feather meal. Yuck.